Rook checks or switches

by Karsten Müller
9/3/2019 – Usually the pawnless ending rook and bishop against rook results in a drawn position. But if the attacker's pieces are well-placed he or she can sometimes even win against material superiority.

Endgames of the World Champions Vol. 2 - from Steinitz to Spassky Endgames of the World Champions Vol. 2 - from Steinitz to Spassky

Enjoy Capablanca's fine technique, Tal's magic, Lasker's fighting spirit, Petrosian's defensive skills, Smyslov's feeling for harmony, and Alekhine's and Spassky's flair for the attack.

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A switch in time saves a half point

White to move...and win!

 

Karsten Mueller in ChessBase Magazine

Do you like these lessons? There are plenty more by internationally renowned endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller in ChessBase Magazine, where you will also find openings articles and surveys, tactics, and of course annotations by the world's top grandmasters.

Apart from his regular columns and video lectures in ChessBase Magazine there is a whole series of training DVDs by Karsten Mueller, which are bestsellers in the ChessBase Shop.

Karsten Mueller

Karsten Mueller regularly presents endgame lessons in the ChessBase Video Portal

ChessBase Magazine 191

Analyses by Caruana, Giri, So, Vidit, Wojtaszek, Gelfand, McShane, Yu Yangyi, Nielsen, the Muzychuk sisters and many more. Plus videos by King, Sokolov and Williams. 11 opening articles with new ideas for your repertoire plus lots of training sessions!

Highlights of this issue

  • CBM 191"I consider 3.Bb5+ a Najdorf!"
    Anish Giri annotates his victory as Black over Ian Nepomniachtchi
  • 2:0 with 1.e4!
    Wesley So presents his current recipes for success vs. the Berlin and the Petroff
  • "I had a strong feeling we were in for a big fight!"
    Fabiano Caruana shows how he defeated MVL with the Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation
  • Trendy and tricky
    How Adhiban Baskaran came to like Najdorf with 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3
  • "King's English"
    Evgeny Postny checks 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 e5!?
  • The structure of the champions
    Robert Ris examines the very popular Rossolimo Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6
  • Victory with prestige
    Vidit Gujrathi analyzes his groundbreaking win against Peter Leko at the Chess Festival in Biel
  • Similar but different
    Trap expert Rainer Knaak shows a trick against the black stencil ...Nc6, ...Qb6 and...Bf5 in the London System
  • A little new trend in the English
    Renato Quintiliano takes control of the centre with 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 5.e4!?
  • Brilliancy prize
    Mariya Muzychuk annotates her victory over Aleksandra Goryachkina from the Women’s Candidates
  • Mini shift
    Manoeuvre the "Rook on the 3rd" to success – interactive video training with Oliver Reeh!
  • Star analyses
    Annotated games by McShane, Gelfand, Wojtaszek, Yu, Heine Nielsen, and many more…

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Karsten Müller is considered to be one of the greatest endgame experts in the world. His books on the endgame - among them "Fundamentals of Chess Endings", co-authored with Frank Lamprecht, that helped to improve Magnus Carlsen's endgame knowledge - and his endgame columns for the ChessCafe website and the ChessBase Magazine helped to establish and to confirm this reputation. Karsten's Fritztrainer DVDs on the endgame are bestsellers. The mathematician with a PhD lives in Hamburg, and for more than 25 years he has been scoring points for the Hamburger Schachklub (HSK) in the Bundesliga.

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